History of adidas World Cup Boots

There is a unique story behind every World Cup tournament and adidas has played a big role in all World Cups since 1954. This exhibition tells some legendary football stories through a selection of special boots – one from each event, starting with the famous "Miracle of Bern" going through to the 'Battle Pack' boots which will be worn in Brazil.

+F50 (Spezialanfertigung)- Bastian Schweinsteiger

Argentina – Helmut Rahn

Chile 62- Karl- Heinz- Schnellinger

Diamant- Geoff Hurst

Predator Cup

Predator absolute SG- Niclas Alexandersson

Gerd Muller- Gerd Muller

Predator Accelerator Cup FG

Predator TRX SG

Predator X WM- Xavi Hernandez Creus

Special – Heinz Rummenigge

Stratos 2000- Gary Lineker

Weltmeister NS- Just Fontaine

World Cup 78- Martin Hoffmann

World Cup- Carlos Alberto

World Cup SL- Andreas Brehme

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adidas Football "Introducing the Battle Pack"

No team has ever won the FIFA World Cup™ without giving it their all. It's about team work, togetherness, passion and whole nations uniting and coming together for a common cause. The FIFA World Cup™ is the pinnacle of any player's career, it's where the best meet the very best and where icons are made. It's about pure devotion knowing that your actions will define history. And there is only one way to approach it - either you go hard or you go home. You stand or you fall. You unite or divide. It's black or white. It's all in or nothing. 

With one month to go until the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, adidas today launched Battle Pack, the official footwear collection for the tournament. adidas Battle Pack features a new boot from each of the five adidas boot ranges adizero™ f50, predator®, nitrocharge™, 11pro and adizero™ f50 Messi, each with its own disruptive black and white pattern to stand out on the pitch. Every boot has been designed with an aggressive identity and cutting edge technology. adidas Battle Pack will be worn on-field during the FIFA World Cup™ by the full roster of adidas players including Leo Messi and Oscar to Dani Alves and Luis Suarez. 

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adidas Introduces World's Lightest Ever Football Boot, and it is Crazylight…

Following the recent launch of the Samba Primeknit, adidas is proud to reveal yet another game-changing football innovation: the adizero™ f50 crazylight. 

 

At an incredible weight of 135g, the adizero™ f50 crazylight is the lightest commercial football boot produced… ever… and shaves an incredible 20% off the weight of the current inline adidas adizero™ f50. 

 

In recent weeks adidas has proven its leadership in football innovation with the world's first knitted football boot (the adidas Samba Primeknit); the world's first all-in-one knitted football boot and sock hybrid (the adidas Primeknit FS); and following on from the "concept" launch of the adizero 99g boot in the adidas Football Innovations Lab in London last year, adidas has continued to push boundaries and are proud to bring their all new technologies to the adizero™ f50 crazylight. 

 

The new adizero™ f50 crazylight has been developed along with the best players in the World and will be worn on field exclusively by Gareth Bale, who officially debuts the boots on field tomorrow evening (Tuesday 18th March) when Real Madrid C.F. face FC Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions League second leg tie. 

 

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adidas Launch Boots to Celebrate Leo Messi´s 371 Goals Record

adidas is proud to celebrate record breaker Leo Messi and announce the exclusive and limited edition "Messi 371". A bespoke series of 371 pairs of adidas adizero f50 Messi boots to celebrate the Argentinian´s record-breaking 371 club goals in all competitions.

 

 

Four-time Ballon d'Or winner Leo Messi has truly torn up the history books over the years, breaking many records in the process but his impressive 371 goal haul at the age of 26 surely confirms his place as one of the best players to ever play the game. Having eclipsed Gerd Muller´s 85 goals in a single season two years ago, he has gone on to score 371 goals in all competitions for his club. 

 

 

In an adidas first, each pair of boots will feature a different design on the left and right foot, inspired by Messi´s goal scoring stats, separating the percentage of goals he's scored with his left foot, right foot and head. The boots also carry the unmistakable Messi boot customisation with the name of his son Thiago and date of birth printed on the side of the product. Each pair will be uniquely numbered #001 - #371. 

 

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How adidas Innovates For The 2014 World Cup

Take a look behind the scenes of adidas' innovation center where the latest technologies for the 2014 Football World Cup were created and tested. These guys job: determine the future of sports. 

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adidas Primeknit FS

Following the recent launch of the world's first knitted football boot, the adidas Samba Primeknit, adidas gives fans a glimpse of the football boots of the future by unveiling the new adidas Primeknit FS. 

 

The limited edition Primeknit FS will be produced in a black, white and red design and is the world's first all-in-one knitted football boot and sock hybrid. This unique 'sock silhouette' design will provide a bespoke second-skin feel that will offer the perfect fit from toe to calf. The sock improves ball to foot touch compared to boots with traditional overlays, edges or laces.

 

 

While the adidas Primeknit FS remains in design phase and is currently being treated as a "concept model", adidas is currently working with its top players to finalise development of the product and release it on pitch later this year. The one piece design and strong light yarns of the Primeknit FS is expected to provide new levels of flexibility and comfort with stability and strength equal to that of conventional boots. Each yarn receives a high precision coating that guarantees water resistance even in the most challenging conditions. 

 

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adidas Launches Carnaval Pack

adidas is proud to unveil Carnaval Pack: a series of sleekly designed football boots inspired by Carnaval; the festival that brings millions of people to Brazil every year. 

 

Brazilians and tourists flocked to Rio de Janeiro over the weekend to enjoy the most famous festival in the world, and adidas has taken inspiration from the feathers and ticker tape by producing a special collection of boots colourful enough to grace any stage. 

The Carnaval Pack features a blend of colours for each of its four main silos, which follow the colourways devised for the Samba pack in November. The nitrocharge™ is an all pink boot with a stunning blue paving pattern on the heel. The predator® is all blue featuring a distinctive green on the back. The 11pro is green with a striking orange patterned heel and the adizero™ f50 is all orange with a vibrant pink on the back. 

 

 

 

 

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adidas Launch New adizeroTM f50 Messi Boots

adidas unveils the new adizeroTM f50 Messi signature boots, to be worn by the Argentinian star. 

The new adizeroTM f50 Messi boots feature a sleek colour scheme of green, blue, pink, orange and white, along with the iconic adidas three stripes, and combines revolutionary technologies with the precision engineering befitting of a four-time Ballon d'Or winner. 

 

 At only 165g, the adizero™ f50 Messi is one of the lightest shoes on the market. 

 

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adidas gears up for world cup with colourful samba boot collection

adidas today launched the Samba Collection, Brazilian inspired football boots aimed at celebrating the vibrancy and exuberance of the World Cup host nation. For the first time ever, as part of the Samba Collection adidas has released a new boot from each of its four boot ranges, adizero™ f50, predator®, nitrocharge™ and 11pro, with an array of new bright, exciting colourways. Each boot has been designed with its own distinct identity and cutting edge technology, inspiring the next generation of footballer.

The Samba Collection launch marks the start of the adidas "All in or Nothing" 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ campaign. The tournament is the world's largest event and the ultimate platform, where it will be Game On or Game Over for the World's best teams and federations. The full roster of adidas star players will be involved in the campaign from Leo Messi and Oscar to Dani Alves and Mesut Ozil.

nitrocharge™
nitrocharge™, the energy-retaining football boot designed for the next generation of footballer as worn by Dani Alves and Ezequiel Lavezzi, comes in a new visually striking lime green colourway. As a boot designed for 'The Engine', the player who is always running, tackling and relentlessly powering his team, the Samba nitrocharge™ encourages its wearer to go Full on or be Gone. With its unique and highly elastic ENERGYSLING™ around the forefoot supporting sidecut and precision turn movements to sharpen reactions on the pitch, and ENERGYPULSE™ spring technology providing high energy push-offs and long lasting energy return when sprinting, the nitrocharge™ combines new technologies to innovate the way 'Engines' play the beautiful game.

adizero™ f50
The adizero™ f50, long sought after by the fastest players such as Leo Messi, Lucas Moura and Gareth Bale, empowers its players to Fly or Die with an electric sky blue colourway. The adizero™ f50 is all about precision engineering with every aspect of the boot design based around making the wearer as fast as possible on the football field. With features such as SPEEDTRAXION, an all-new, high speed stud alignment for maximum acceleration and pinpoint changes of direction, and SPEEDFOIL, a revolutionary material that combines lightweight, softness and durability for a comfortable, yet locked down heel fit, the Samba adizero™ f50 is a boot which ensures these world class players will be faster than ever before in Brazil.

predator® Lethal Zones
The vibrant pink colourway of the Samba predator® Lethal Zones favoured by the likes of Oscar, Mesut Ozil and Fernando Torres instructs its wearer to Hunt or be Hunted. Designed with five distinctive 'Lethal Zones' of technology to deliver outstanding ball control, touch, accuracy and power, the boot is made to master every aspect of performance.

11pro
With a luxury deep purple colourway, the Samba 11pro worn by Philipp Lahm, Hernanes and Frank Lampard retains the classic attributes that allow players to Make the Play or Make Way. With its premium, ultra-soft and ultra-light Taurus leather providing excellent fit, performance, comfort and ball-feel allied to an all new outsole with comfort frame for better pressure distribution, as well as optimised stud placement for maximum grip and acceleration, the 11pro remains the boot of choice for the complete footballer.

Antoine Hadjimanolis, Global Senior Product Manager, adidas Football said: "For Samba Collection, we took our inspiration from Brazil. The pack is colourful, energetic and full of character – just like Brazil! From the beaches of Bahia to the Carnival of Rio, our boots will use tones and palettes that you've never seen before on a football boot."

The Samba Collection launches today in conjunction with a Brazilian inspired video featuring key players who will wear the boots. The 90 second-long video features a brand new track, "BOTA", from prominent act Buraka Som Sistema, who partnered with promising newcomer Brazilian MC Karol Conka (cult.cartel). Karol delivered the lyrics and appeared in the spot, adding local flavour. The band will be release the track as their next single and will be available to download from the adidas Football Soundcloud channel, soundcloud.com/adidasfootball from today.

The most exciting professional players in the world will wear the new adidas Samba Collection boots onfield from November 9th onwards, with the boots available to purchase from 14th November at adidas own-retail outlets as well as specialist stores worldwide. For further information please visit adidas.com/football or go to facebook.com/prosoccersa or @prosoccerSA on twitter to join the conversation. 

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adidas nitrocharge 1.0 vs. Predator LZ

The Predator LZ is adidas’ control silo and designed for the Control Freak and playmaker while the nitrocharge 1.0 is the brands new energy silo designed for the ‘The Engine’ and  Midfield General.

Here is the breakdown on the differences and similarities between these two midfielder’s boots. 

The LZ 2 was first released in July 2013 in the Ray Green/Black colourway and the nitrocharge 1.0 was first released in May 2013 in the Blue/Running White/Electricity colourway.

Recent Predator colourways include the Black/Running White/Ray Green and Prime Blue/Running White/Orange editions and recent nitrocharge colourways include Black/Metallic Silver and Red/Running White/Electricity editions.

The Predator model is headlined by the likes of Mesut Ozil and Oscar while the nitrocharge 1.0 is headlined by the likes of England captain Steven Gerrard and Dani Alves.

UPPERS: The Predator LZ boasts a super soft HYBRIDTOUCH upper which combines the benefits of both synthetic and leather in one. The nitrocharge 1.0 boasts the same HYBRIDTOUCH material on the upper while it also has a super protective mesh material on the heel and midfoot regions.

SPRINTFRAME: Both boots use the SPRINTFRAME soleplate. The SPRINTFRAME on the Predator model uses a standard two-piece plate while the nitrocharge 1.0 uses a similar two-piece plate but includes the use of the ENERGYPULSE which is engineered to deliver high energy output during the toe-off phase.

TRAXION 2.0: Both boots use the exact same TRAXION 2.0 stud configurations for optimised traction and grip on firm and soft ground surfaces. On the boots we have here the Predator uses the firm ground soleplate while the nitrocharge has the soft ground soleplate.

LETHAL ZONES: The Predator boasts enhanced lethal zones. The surface area of the dribble zone has increased by 80%, the control and pass zone has been transformed from memory foam to rubber lines, The drive zone has been enlarged by 28% offering a larger more aggressive striking zone.

ENERGYSLING: The nitrocharge 1.0 boasts a new and innovative ENERGYSLING which is a high-elasticity rubber band across the foot which is designed to support side-cut and turn movements. It also provides a clean and uniform striking surface.

TONGUE/SOCKLINER: The tongue on the Predator boasts padding down the middle and mini perforations along the sides for great comfort and breathability. The nitrocharges tongue uses mesh and the HYBRIDTOUCH material for great lightweight comfort. Both boots feature the exact same comfort sockliner for ultimate comfort and feel.

HEEL COUNTER: The Predator LZ features an internal counter while the nitrocharge features an external counter for a great lockdown on you heel. The nitrocharge 1.0 also includes 3D protection pads which cover the sensitive tackle zones around your Achilles tendon.

WEIGHT: The Predator LZ weighs roughly 235 grams while the nitrocharge 1.0 weighs in at 240 grams.

CONCLUSION: Overall the boots are very similar in terms of comfort where the Predator LZ is a control boot designed for the Control Freak; the creative assist maker such as MesutOzil featuring rubber zones for enhanced control. while the nitrocharge 1.0 is designed for the Midfeld General; the box to box no nonsense midfielder and the Engine like StevenGerrard boasting energy and protection properties.

If either of these sound like the ideal boot for you, take a look at the full range of adidas boots here. adidaspredator, adidas nitrocharge.

Which do you prefer? Tell us in the comments section below.

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